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The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will not accept additional countries into the Visa Waiver Program (VWP) until the agency complies with a Congressional mandate calling for a system that tracks foreign visitors, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security Paul Rosenzweig told the Senate Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Terrorism, Technology, and Homeland Security last week. Rosenzweig reported that the agency has several tracking systems curr
Noting that visas for foreign students and scholars will be a “predominant theme” for the House Subcommittee on Research and Science this year, Chairman Rep. Brian Baird (D-WA) stated, “All of us are committed to increasing the pipeline” of foreign students in the U.S. who “broaden and enrich” our campuses and bring different perspectives.
Members of both the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and the House Foreign Affairs Committee this week commended Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice for the increases sought by President Bush in his fiscal year (FY) 2009 budget request for the Department of State. Rice appeared before both committees on Wednesday to present the request.
Members of both the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and the House Foreign Affairs Committee this week commended Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice for the increases sought by President Bush in his fiscal year (FY) 2009 budget request for the Department of State. Rice appeared before both committees on Wednesday to present the request.
The Bush Administration’s fiscal year (FY) 2009 budget proposal released this morning includes $522.444 million for the educational and cultural exchange programs of the U.S. Department of State, the fourth year in a row the President has proposed an increase for these programs. The budget provides a $21.097 million increase over the FY 2008 funding level for exchanges of $501.347 million.
The Bush Administration’s fiscal year (FY) 2009 budget proposal released this morning includes $522.444 million for the educational and cultural exchange programs of the U.S. Department of State, the fourth year in a row the President has proposed an increase for these programs. The budget provides a $21.097 million increase over the FY 2008 funding level for exchanges of $501.347 million.
Ambassadors Marc Grossman and Thomas Pickering told Congress that U.S. embassies overseas are in need of more people with better training and resources to do the job of diplomacy.
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will receive $36.3 billion in funding as part of the omnibus spending package approved by Congress last night. The bill, which funds the US-VISIT program, implementation of the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (WHTI) and other border security programs, has been sent to the President for signature.
The omnibus spending package sent today by Congress to the White House includes increased funding for development assistance programs administered by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), and reduces the funding requested by President Bush for the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC).
Congress yesterday released its year-end package of spending bills which includes $501.347 million for the educational and cultural exchange programs of the Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. The bill does not include FY 2008 funding for the Senator Paul Simon Study Abroad Foundation, also known as the Lincoln Fellowships program, since the program has not yet been authorized by Congress.
